Bread and Circuses

Will the Sleeping Giant Awaken

In ancient Roman days, Roman leaders realized that if they provided bread for the citizens to eat, and enough entertainment to keep them occupied, the citizens would remain quiet and not press for any other change.  However, looking back through the pages of history, some identify this Bread and Circuses style of leadership as the beginning of the fall of Rome.

It seems America's leadership has been taking lessons from the Roman emperors. Few people in America are hungry, and we certainly have plenty of entertainment.

Will Americans learn from history and make the much-needed changes or is our Republic destined to fall as the Romans did?

Each year for quite a few years I have thought, “Can it get any worse?” I know the answer to that is, yes it can get a lot worse, and it has.

We are almost finished with this year and 2023 is even at the door.  This year has been a turbulent year at best. Yet, there are signs of hope as well. 

The Covid lockdowns awakened many Americans to the impulse of the government to become totalitarian. The Covid virus shined a light on issues that most Americans had no idea were taking place.

We had another disastrous election complete with hints of 2020-style election fraud. Now more people are calling for changes to guarantee our elections are free and fair.

 We have record-setting inflation despite claims to the contrary by the administration. More people are learning of the causes of inflation and pressing our government to stop spending money. Admittedly, that will be a slow process.

We have drag queen story hours for children. This is a time for our children to be introduced to a level of perverseness not even spoken of in polite company only a few years ago. Yet, as more normal people see this, they are making their voices heard.

We see the hypocrisy of our leaders, “Rules for thee but not to me” mentality when Nancy Pelosi visits her hairdresser, while the rest of us remain locked down.

We see it when Gov Newsome is seen partying at the French Laundry, while everyone else is forced to dine outdoors, if at all.

We witness the failure of Covid “vaccines” when the fully vaccinated and boosted  Anthony Fauci is diagnosed with the Covid Virus.

We see a large spike in adverse events being reported by those who recently received the “vaccine.”

We see a mysterious increase in strokes and heart attacks leading to the death of otherwise healthy people. Americans observe that these deaths seem to occur shortly after the victims receive the “vaccine.”

Because of learn-at-home school policies, parents learn first-hand how bad our present educational system is.

Parents also witness their children being indoctrinated with Critical Race Theory (CRT).

Parents who had not previously even heard of CRT see schools teaching white children that they, the children, are shameful racists for no reason other than the color of their skin.

We see the same teachers teaching black children that they are victims because the white child beside them is an oppressor.

We now know that the FBI, CIA, DOJ, and Office of the Director of National Intelligence turned Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google, and other tech companies into propaganda machines for the Democrat Party. We see how these agencies use their power to undermine our elections, interfering with the will of the people.

We see an out-of-control Congress bankrupting our great-grandchildren by racking up a $30T national debt. We see them ram through a $1.7T, 4,155-page omnibus spending bill, while only giving our representatives 3 days to read it.  

The list of outrages forced on Americans by our leaders, and by unelected bureaucrats, could stretch on for several pages. You may wonder why that leaves me hopeful.

I am hopeful because Americans are paying more attention to our dysfunctional government and broken leadership than ever before.

I love my Nation and I will never stop that. However, I along with many patriots am beginning to understand that our leadership is corrupt, and we must begin to wisely choose better leaders.

Patriots are learning that our leaders are trying to be all things to all people, just as the Romans did, for the sake of retaining power.

Patriots are learning that it is past time to shrink the government back to the size envisioned by the Framers of our Constitution.  

Today we better understand what the government has been doing to us. Now that we understand, what will we do?

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, it is reported that Japanese Admiral Yamamoto said, “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.”

Awaken sleeping giant. Awaken America.

I am hopeful that 2023 will be the year Americans do wake up and adopt a terrible resolve to take all legal steps to reign in our out-of-control government.  

I hope you, your families, and all of America have a very happy New Year!